Railway-tie.



S. S. SNYDER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION I'ILED FEB. 26, 1914.

1,107,459w Patented Aug. 18, 1914,

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SAUL S. SNYDER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAUL S. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in metal railway ties, and the structure also involves features including means for fastening the rails to the tie.

The primary objects of the invention are to provide a hollow metallic tie so fashioned as to eliminate as far as possible any lateral movement of the track and at the same time furnish a tie to which the rails may be fastened in a simple, economical and efficient manner, and from which, when required, the rails may be detached with equal facility.

The invention consists essentially in a hollow, stamped or cast i'netallic structure of peculiar formation, and in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts by which the rails are attached to the tie, as will be hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have illustrated one complete example and two modifications thereof, showing the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the several modes I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a metallic tie constructed according to my invention, showing a portion of one rail in place. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the right half of the tie of Fig. 2, the rail omitted, and the curved top of Fig. 2 modified to a flat top as shown. Fig. 4C is a transverse sectional View on line AA of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a rail locking or fastening member which co-acts with the tie to secure the rail in place. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the left portion of the tie complementary to Fig. 3, but having a modified form of rail chair or seat. Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view of the tie of Fig. 6, with an arched top, and shown in perspective for convenience of illustration. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of Fig. 6.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as exemplified in Figs. 1 to 5 inelusive, it will be seen that the tie is a. hollow metallic and integral structure which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1914.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914..

Serial No. 821,200.

may be fashioned either by casting the road bed for the purpose of preventing lateral movement of the track. As seen in Fig. 4 the intermediate or body portion 1 of the tie is ti-shaped in cross section, and in Fig. 2 this elevated arched structure is seen to merge into the end portions 2 and 3 provided with the fiat rail-seats 4.- at their tops. The rail seats are somewhat depressed with relation to the arched body portion, and at the junction of the members an integral rib or ledge 5 is fashioned which is shown as overhanging a part of the rail seat, and projects sufficiently over the base of the rail 6 to perform the function of a rail retainer or fastener at one side of the rail. The ledge 5 holds the rail at its inner side, while for retaining and supporting the rail at its outer side ll provide a metallic locking block or member 7 which is adapted to seat in a pocket 8 fashioned in the top wall of the rail ends adjacent the rail seats 4 and depressed below the seats.

In conjunction with the pocket the rail seat forms an overhanging lip 9, and beneath the lip a countersunk depression 10 is formed in the bottom wall of the pocket, to accommodate the entrance of a foot 11 on the locking block or member 7. lhis foot is in position and adapted to engage the lip 9 of the rail seat to prevent dislodgement of the block as well as to secure the rail against strains in certain conditions. The locking block is further provided with a head 19., the function of which is clearly apparent in Fig. 2 where the head is seen engaging under the rail head and against its web, while a shoulder 13 on the block bears down upon the outer edge of the rail base. The locking member may be equipped with a lug 1 against which a tool may be used to pry the member from its place when desired.

The function of the locking member or block will be readily apparent. When the strain or pressure arises from the inner side of the rail as the wheels of a train pass over the rails, the head 12 of the locking member receives the pressure from the rail and the strain is withstood and absorbed by the block or looking member in its pocket. When the strain is from the outer side of In Figs. 3, 5, and 8 I have illustrated an elevated but flat central portion for the tie as 15. This construction of angular tie with flat top and sides is comparatively cheaper and requires less metal than the arched formation of thetie, and inasmuch as the elevation of the body of the tie is not so great as in Figs. 1 and 2, this form of flat top is well adapted for use on sidings, switches, etc, where more than one pair of rails are frequently necessary.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 I employ a removable chair seat or plate 16 formed with a lip 17 and secured to the chair seat of the tie by bolts 18. In some instances this removable flanged plate is preferable and the flanged plate is used in lieu of the ledge 5. However the locking block or member is utilized and coacts with this flanged plate as it does with the ledge 5 above described.

There are several meritorious advantages accruing from the utilization of the di'lfer ent features of the hollow, arched and elevated, unitary structure among which are a slightly elastic characteristic due to the shape and formation of the tie; the pocket like formation of the arched hollow body firmly grips the material of the road bed and prevents lateral displacement of the "the rail to the tie.

The countersunk depression in the bottom wall of the pocket facilitates the entrance and exit of the foot of the locking block when it is bein attached or detached, as will be understoo Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An integral hollow metallic railway tie having a U-shaped elevated intermediate body portion merging into angular ends having fiat depressed rail seats and vertical sides and pockets below said seats and an integral ledge overhanging each seat as described. I

2. An integral hollow metallic railway tie having an elevated bodyportion merging into ends each with a flat depressed rail seat and an integral ledge overhanging the seat, a

pocket below and adjacent each seat to receive a rail locking member, and a lip overhanging the pocket to engage the locking member.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAUL S. iEallYDElR.v

Witnesses: I

THos. E. LEWIS, I E. FQPATTERSONM 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for. five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

1 Washington, D. 0. 

